Does this new development mean that Steven Avery could walk free?

Ooh, it's all going up a gear where Making A Murderer is concerned. Steven Avery's new lawyer, Kathleen Zellner has put the wheels in motion to apply for his bail, effectively meaning he could walk away as a free man within a matter of months.

Avery and his lawyers are now accusing the prosecution, a jury member, and an appeal judge of having carried out fraudulent misconduct in the case of Teresa Halbach's murder, which saw him sent to prison for life.

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Avery, however, has maintained his innocence ever since, and is now working with a new legal team to ensure what he sees as justice is served.

The application for bail claims that Teresa Halbach's car - which was used numerous times as evidence in the case against Steven Avery - was meddled with by the police, and was relocated in the "pitch black of night". The bail application also accuses a jury member, known only as C.W, of using "impartiality" in the deliberation process which decided his fate.

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Reportedly, the anonymous jury member shouted that Avery was "fucking guilty" as the twelve members debated whether they believed he was innocent or guilty of the crime. Which is obviously fairly emotionally inflamed for a person who is supposed to have no bias.

And as well as that, Avery and his lawyers have also accused The Honorable Angela W Sutkiewicz, an appeal judge, of carrying out numerous "misleading and deceptive practices" which ultimately prevented a previous appeal from occurring.

But while Avery is in the process of applying for bail, the courts are taking their sweet time to make any decisions, with his appearance in court his weekend having been cancelled. A campaigner for the innocence of Steven Avery, Shaun Attwood, believes this is nothing but a tactic from the courts to cause further psychological damage to Steven in his quest for freedom.

"This is typical, their request for more time just means they are deliberately postponing and postponing. That's what he's up against, it's absolutely frustrating and they are deliberately slow playing," he said.

"This kind of tactic is nothing new but they are trying to psychologically damage him."

But members of the legal community don't believe that bail is a good idea, and that it will most likely not be granted because of Avery's "flight risk".

Wisconsin's Assistant Attorney General Thomas Fallon believes, if freed, he may simply make a run for it as he "has nothing left to lose". Which is all well and good, but it might be worth considering that Steven Avery is currently one very high profile man, given the success of the Netflix documentary series, so we're not sure how well he'd be able to hide.

But it remains to be seen whether or not the courts will authorise the application for bail. It'll be one HELL of a development, however, if they do.

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